Under its program to modernize the industrial sector, Ukraine plans to implement energy-effectiveness initiatives and increase government support for gas producers, who import gas extracting equipment from abroad.

Last year, the East European country consumed 32.2 billion cubic meters of gas, of which 20.8 billion cubic meters were produced domestically.

In November 2017, Ukraine’s state-run gas extracting giant Ukrgazvydobuvannya purchased gas extracting equipment from two private Chinese firms with a total cost of 30 million U.S. dollars.